ENGLAND SUPPORTERS CLUB

ENGLAND PLAYERS IN THE 2016 EVENTS CALENDAR 2016 ANZ LEAGUE Date Event Mar U17 Netball Europe Championship 4-6 Gibraltar Apr SuperLeague Semi Finals 30 st th nd rd Kia Magic Home ground 1 v 4 2 v 3 JO HARTEN May SuperLeague Grand Final 7 SkyCity Mystics Copper Box London *** May Open Netball Europe Championship 13-15 Northumbria University, England Oct U21 Netball Europe Qualifier for LATEST SIGNING 7-9 Netball World Youth Cup – Wales England and Loughborough Lightning mid-courter Jade Oct Fast5 (top 6 netballing nations) Clarke has been selected by the Adelaide Thunderbirds to 29-30 Melbourne, Australia replace Renae Ingles for the start of the ANZ season. Late SANZEA 4 Nations Series Ingles announced that she is pregnant with twins earlier this 2016 New Zealand and Australia year and the Thunderbirds have been on a talent search for Early a replacement since. The news means Clarke will be leaving SANZEA 4 Nations Series 2017 the Vitality and Loughborough South Africa and England Lightning to join the South Australian side for the beginning *** SuperLeague Grand Final tickets go on sale sometime nd of March. during the week beginning 22 February – watch the EN website for details www.englandnetball.co.uk NEW RULES TO BE TRIALLED AT ANZ SHOOTOUT The 2016 ANZ are trialling some new rules at their pre- season shootouts in March. One competition is being played in Auckland, the other in Sydney and the winners from each city will meet in a final at a later date. The new Netballers smash world record for rules include a 3-point ‘super shot’ scoring zone, a rolling Sport Relief! interchange of players (sounds similar to Fast5) and playing th 2 x 10 minute halves. Each team will play 6 games in these To celebrate the 90 anniversary of , 1,322 trial conditions over 3 days. netballers participated in the ‘Largest Ever Netball Exhibition’ match which lasted for 90 hours at the Play On Sports Centre in Whitechapel, London. Each team who entered the match contributed a donation to Sport Relief SUPPORTERS CLUB NEWSLETTER and the total raised is expected to exceed £20,000 “unteinred” Issue No. 31 Dated February 2016 [email protected] www.englandnetball.co.uk

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@ENsupporters EN President Lindsay Sartori with a representative from the Guinness Book of Records

A look back to the NWC with The Netball World Cup in Sydney may be six Sarah Gandon, England Team Manager months ago, but still very much in our minds, especially for those who travelled to Sydney. Travelling to the World Cup with the England Squad in August was first and foremost an honour and an A message from Sara Bayman experience that I will never forget. The World Cup is the pinnacle for any netballer and Sydney put on an amazing tournament. The whole place was Although I pride myself on not being a “motherly” team buzzing and it was great to play in front of large, passionate manager and promote personal responsibility to athletes crowds. and staff, after spending a number of years with this playing group, they do feel like family. The England girls were all shocked at how many supporters had made the journey to Australia, from England, Dubai I am lucky enough to know what makes some of them and across Australia; it was amazing to play in an tick, and what is most likely to stress them out on a match environment that felt like a home venue thousands of day. World Cup is no different, it’s just even more 24/7, miles away. with back to back matches and more than a few completely different responses that you don’t see at Test The schedule during a World Cup is really busy but we were matches and in training. pleased to have the opportunity to attend the supporters event and chat to, and thank our supporters for driving us Some days, a broken laundry bag can cause more drama forward and always believing in us. Sara than you can imagine, but keeping a calm head and fixing anything that comes my way is what I am doing all day. I now know that I can’t predict everything that we will need, but I can always find a solution!

I do get some moments of relaxation/relief and the picture attached shows my view of the final and the netball fan in me had to pinch myself while standing there. I have my dream job, that doesn’t mean it’s always easy, but it is always worth it!